Theatre Studies Minor
Coordinator:
John Zerbe
The Department of Theatre Studies offers two different minor tracks: the theatre arts track and the film and video track.
The theatre arts track provides students with the opportunity to study an intensely collaborative art form from three perspectives: design or technical production; dramatic literature or theatre history; and performance. It explores the unique responsibilities carried by different members of the creative staff as they conceive and execute a theatrical production.
The theatre arts track is not available to theatre studies majors.
The film and video track serves students of any major who seek a serious exploration of film as an artistic medium. The track examines filmmaking as an important component of modern culture in the following aspects: a reflection of society, an artistic medium of the auteur and a medium of influence and social change.
The film and video track is available to theatre studies majors.
Minor Requirements
Theatre Arts Track
A minimum of 17 credit hours including the following:
- One course from each of the three perspectives areas listed below (12 hours)
- One other four-credit course with a THEA prefix (or the equivalent in two-credit offerings). Ideally, this course should enhance the concentrator’s understanding of a specific perspective area (four hours)
- One practicum assignment (THEA 295, one to four hours) to be determined in a meeting with a theatre studies adviser. Options include stage management, properties management, costuming, lighting, publicity, sound, box office, house management, makeup and scenic art.
1. One course from: |
4 credits |
THEA 110 Introduction to Theatre |
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THEA 111 Backstage Production |
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THEA 171 Introduction to Theatrical Design |
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2. One course from: |
4 credits |
THEA 130 Theatre and Culture I |
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THEA 131 Theatre and Culture II |
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THEA 151 HP: Birth of the Avant-Garde |
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ENGL 210 Playwriting Workshop |
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THEA 341 East Asian Theatre |
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3. Any Theatre course |
4 credits |
4. THEA 295 Practicum Course |
1-4 credits |
5. THEA 125 Acting 1:Basic Tools |
4 credits |
Total credit hours required for theatre arts track minor |
17-21 credits |
Film and Video Track
The minor requires a minimum of 17credit hours (five courses).
1. THEA 161 Masterpieces of Cinema |
4 credits |
2. THEA 265 Artistry in Film |
4 credits |
3. THEA 365 Documentary Filmmaking |
4 credits |
4. One course from: |
4 credits |
ENGL 272 World Cinema |
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ENGL 286 Classic American Cinema |
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ENGL 287 Cult Movies |
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ENGL 288 Shakespeare and Film |
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FREN 315 French & Francophone Cinema |
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THEA 262 Gay and Lesbian Cinema |
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5. THEA 295 Practicum:Film Festival or |
1 credit |
THEA 366 Filmmaking Capstone |
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Total credit hours required for film and video track minor |
17 credits |
Students will process the coherence of their minor experience in a formal “post-mortem” critique with the minor coordinator following the film festival.